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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"adhesive bonding"”.
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Adhesive bonding of stainless steel :Sstrength and durability.
Adhesive bonding as an alternative method of joining materials together has many advantages over the more conventional joining methods such as fusion and spot welding, bolting and riveting. For example, adhesives can be used to bond dissimilar materials, adhesive joints have a high stiffness to …
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Adhesive bonding of stainless steel : strength and durability
Adhesive bonding as an alternative method of joining materials together has many advantages over the more conventional joining methods such as fusion and spot welding, bolting and riveting. For example, adhesives can be used to bond dissimilar materials, adhesive joints have a high stiffness to …
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Surface characterization and adhesive bonding of carbon fiber-reinforced composites
The effect of surface pretreatment on the adhesive bonding and bond durability of carbon fiber/epoxy and carbon fiber/bismaleimide matrix composites was studied. Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) wipe, peel ply, grit blast and gas plasma treatments were the pretreatments of interest. Chemical and physical …
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Evaluation of plasma sprayed coatings as surface pretreatments for adhesive bonding
… coatings as surface pretreatments for adhesive bonding has been investigated. Increased pressure by the Environmental Protection Agency and other environmental groups has prompted the search for environmentally safe methods of pretreating metals before bonding. Plasma spraying …
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Adhesive Bonding of Low Moisture Hickory Veneer with Soy-based Adhesive
… engineered wood flooring bonded with soy-flour adhesive are thought to be factors leading to potential performance deficiencies. The goal of this research was to gain a broader understanding of bonding low moisture hickory veneer with soy-based adhesive. Soyad® is of particular interest due to …
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Factors Affecting the Structural Integrity of Wood-Based Composites: Elevated Temperature and Adhesive Bonding
… composites is the fracture behavior of wood/adhesive systems. Adhesive bonding enables many engineered wood products such as furniture and structural wood joints and the adhesive fracture toughness often determines the durability. The conventional characterization method for wood/adhesive …
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Development of adhesive bonding and functional testing systems for in-process inspection of hot embossed microfluidic devices
Microfluidics has emerged as an increasingly popular field with a wide-variety of applications such as medical diagnostics, drug development, and DNA analysis. The transition of microfluidic devices from research to industry has stimulated interest in producing them at low costs and high volumes. …
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Role of metal alkoxides as primers in polymer/metal adhesion
… it is widely used in industry and its use in adhesive bonding applications is increasing. Adhesively bonded structures offer several advantages over mechanical fastening such as reductions in cost and weight and also provide uniform stress distribution. The goal of this research is to study …
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BOND STRENGTH EVALUATION IN ADHESIVE JOINTS USING NDE AND DIC METHODS
Adhesive bonding of graphite epoxy composite laminates to itself or traditional metal alloys in modern aerospace and aircraft structural applications offers an excellent opportunity to use the most efficient and intelligent combination of materials available thus providing an attractive package for …
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Topographic and Surface Chemical Aspects of the Adhesion of Structural Epoxy Resins to Phosphorus Oxo Acid Treated Aluminum Adherends
Structural adhesive bonding offers several advantages over other types of joining. These include improved stress distribution and increased design flexibility. Adhesive bonding is important in aerospace, automotive, and packaging applications. However, the full potential of the technology has not …
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Effect of low concentrations of antibiotic intracanal medicaments on crown discoloration and push-out bond strength
… the samples from each group were coated with an adhesive bonding agent before receiving the assigned intracanal medicament. Color changes (ΔE) were detected by spectrophotometer at 1 day, 1 week, and 4 weeks after application, as well as after thermocycling. Results: In the push-out bond strength …
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Design and optimisation of adhesively bonded overlap joints
Adhesive bonding is used increasingly by the automotive industry to join structural components of metallic and composite materials. The most common joint configuration is the lap shear joint, which has been investigated widely and several ideas have been proposed to improve its performance. For …
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Embeddable Multi-Material Wireless Micro-Sensors Utilizing Additive Manufacturing and Enhanced Microstructure
… embedded sensing channels and enhance the adhesive bonding between the embedded sensor and the AM structure. Analytical modeling characterizes these advancements and provides the tools necessary to make informed design decisions for future complex sensing applications. Then, the concepts …
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Strength and Life Prediction of FRP Composite Bridge Deck
… deformation behavior must be considered. The adhesive bonding method is implemented for joining of bridge deck panels and response of structural joint analyzed experimentally. Strength, failure mode and fatigue life prediction methodologies for a cellular FRP bridge deck are presented in this …
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Through adhesive surface treatment for bonded joints
Through adhesive surface treatments have been defined as pretreatments for adhesive bonding where the adherend surface is physically attacked under a covering layer of uncured adhesive. In addition to the usual benefits associated with physical pretreatments, there is potential for novel chemical …
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ENHANCING THE BONDING OF SYNTHETIC POLYMERS MIMICKING MARINE BIOADHESIVES
… are giving inspiration to a new generation of adhesive materials. The adhesive plaques of these shellfish are made up of proteins that contain a high amount of the amino acid, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA). This catechol moiety provides cross-linking chemistry that allows these animals to …
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New Fatigue Test Method for Evaluating the Performance of Adhesive Bonded Joints
… typically via multi-materials combination and adhesive bonding. However, the differences in physical, chemical, and mechanical behaviour of the individual constituent materials once joined together creates a much more complex system than is the case for monolithic materials. The majority of …
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Ultra-thin III-V photovoltaic technology for space applications
… introduces fabrication challenges. Conventional adhesive bonding of multi-junction III-V solar cells to cover glass and mechanical support does not effectively apply to the ultra-thin schemes due to the intrinsic mismatch of coefficients of thermal expansion, and susceptibility to fabrication and …
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Improvement in Adhesion for the Epoxy-SiC System via Plasma and Silane Surface Modification Techniques
… environments, the adhesion between an adhesive and its substrate is typically compromised. This thesis addresses the advantages of employing plasma pretreatments and surface derivatization using silane coupling agents as surface modification techniques in an effort to enhance the …
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